by News Staff | Jul 10, 2018 | Fire
USFS news release Georges Fire Evening Update Lone Pine, CA, July 11, 2018 – The Georges Fire (lightning-caused) is currently at 2,883 acres and is 42% contained. The fire is in Unified Command with SoCal Team 3, a Type 2 incident management team (assigned to...
by News Staff | Jul 9, 2018 | Fire
Georges Fire Update -Monday night The Georges Fire has grown to an estimated 2,500 acres and is 10% contained. The Inyo National Forest, CALFIRE (who also manages fire response for Bishop BLM Field Office lands as well as private lands), and Inyo County Sheriff are in...
by News Staff | May 31, 2018 | Obituaries
Services will be held at the Church of the Nazarene Lone Pine on June 16th, 2018 at 10:00 AM with the graveside service to follow immediately at Mt. Whitney District Cemetery. There will also be a celebration of life at the VFW hall about 1:00 PM for Paul Max Skinner...
by News Staff | May 9, 2018 | Obituaries
Ella Jean Payne 1916-2018 Ella Jean Payne, cherished wife, mother, aunt, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great -grandmother passed away peacefully at her home on April 30, 2018. She was 102 years old. Ella was born March 6, 1916 in Coso Village, Ca, with her...
by News Staff | May 2, 2018 | Obituaries
Larry Eugene Blain 1938-2018 Larry Eugene Blain passed away on April 29th, 2018 at the age of 80. A resident of Bishop, CA, Larry was born on January 12th, 1938 in Osceola, Iowa to William Gerald and Josephine Blain. In 1960 he graduated from Iowa State University...